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i don't think willy brown has anything to worry about yet but he has improved. >> only been one catch two weeks -- >> one too many. >> now you likely have heard stories of a man curing a sick horse but i'd wager you have never heard of a horse curing a man until now. pleasanton native sam has been around horseracing all his life. it's only been a hobby until recently. since 2007, he has had a stable full of racehorses here at barn 16 at the alameda county fairgrounds. and it all started when he claimed his first horse, sophisticated wager in 2005, five months after being diagnosed with throat cancer. >> finally we claimed him and brought him back over here and discovered that he had a breathing problem. he was a rough little task for both of us to get over this. and it kept my mind busy. there was no guarantee that he could breathe again and there was no guarantee that i was going to live for another 50 years. so i mean, it was good for both of us. >> reporter: sam and sophisticated wager were both battling life-threatening throat conditions and both endured major throat surgeries dur
i don't think willy brown has anything to worry about yet but he has improved. >> only been one catch two weeks -- >> one too many. >> now you likely have heard stories of a man curing a sick horse but i'd wager you have never heard of a horse curing a man until now. pleasanton native sam has been around horseracing all his life. it's only been a hobby until recently. since 2007, he has had a stable full of racehorses here at barn 16 at the alameda county fairgrounds. and it...
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. >>> jerry brown risked his political future pushing for prop 30 but has been scrambling this week trying to avoid voter backlash. cbs 5 political reporter grace lee on how he has gone all out to prevent ill-timed tuition hikes. >> reporter: the governor was front and center in the days leading up to the election. he had his hand out saying we need billions of dollars for schools and for our universities saying we need that or else. so with voters consenting to increased taxes just last week those tuition hikes could really have been a political embarrassment for the governor. >> we have some breathing room. proposition 30 gives significant revenue over 7 years. >> reporter: and that means no tuition increases for uc students at least for now. it's a small victory for the governor after the csu board made a similar move just yesterday to avoid fee increases that were on the agenda. as the lieutenant governor pointed out it seems some political posturing is going on. >> yet we again dealing with the political realities of not wanting to appear to increase tuition or fees just shortly after
. >>> jerry brown risked his political future pushing for prop 30 but has been scrambling this week trying to avoid voter backlash. cbs 5 political reporter grace lee on how he has gone all out to prevent ill-timed tuition hikes. >> reporter: the governor was front and center in the days leading up to the election. he had his hand out saying we need billions of dollars for schools and for our universities saying we need that or else. so with voters consenting to increased taxes...
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. >> reporter: governor brown has made it his personal mission to get proposition 30 passed. it would raise the sales tax a quarter cent and state income tax for those making more than $250,000 a year funneling $6 billion into schools and universities. and it looks like support is rising. it needs more than 50% to win. three weeks ago, only 45% of voters said yes. and there was a huge number of undecided ones. well, now it looks like the governor's initiative has enough to eek it out with 51% planning to vote yes. >> let's see how two ballot measures measure up. >> reporter: the new numbers look grim for the competing measure 38. it would raise state income tax for almost all californians for schools and preschool programs. the latest poll shows it's losing with 55% saying no. how do californians feel though about the death penalty? the newest poll shows they want to keep it. 51% said they would vote no on proposition 34 which would uphold the death penalty. 41% say they will vote yes which would prohibit the death penalty and replace it with life in prison without parole. fo
. >> reporter: governor brown has made it his personal mission to get proposition 30 passed. it would raise the sales tax a quarter cent and state income tax for those making more than $250,000 a year funneling $6 billion into schools and universities. and it looks like support is rising. it needs more than 50% to win. three weeks ago, only 45% of voters said yes. and there was a huge number of undecided ones. well, now it looks like the governor's initiative has enough to eek it out with...
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rarick says with the governor like jerry brown who is proudly a spendthrift and left a $7 billion surplus when he last left sacramento overspending is not likely. >> the governor has never been a tax-and-spend liberal so i think he will hold that in check too. >> reporter: and really this is a benefit for democrats overall because their numbers are strong enough to benefit all of their bills even the ones that just need a simple majority to pass and they are going to hold on to that supermajority for about two years. >> grace lee, thank you. >>> the unemployment rate is falling in california. and 36 other states, as well. according to the labor department, california's jobless rate dropped a tenth of a percent to 10.1%. unemployment is now below 7% in 23 other states. the rates rose in 7 states last month, 6 were unchanged. >>> with the economy inching closer to the "fiscal cliff," it might seem like a bad time for business to bet the farm. but that is exactly what some bay area businesses are doing. cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman shows us they are hoping today's risk will be tomorrow's rew
rarick says with the governor like jerry brown who is proudly a spendthrift and left a $7 billion surplus when he last left sacramento overspending is not likely. >> the governor has never been a tax-and-spend liberal so i think he will hold that in check too. >> reporter: and really this is a benefit for democrats overall because their numbers are strong enough to benefit all of their bills even the ones that just need a simple majority to pass and they are going to hold on to that...